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Archive for June, 2013

Ich Bin Berliner – Update for 2013 …

  • June 26th, 2013
  • Posted by EU Australia

Ich bin BerlinerRESIZE2Fifty years on, the American President Barack Obama quoted his predecessor JF Kennedy, at the Brandenburg Gate, 19.6.13 . … Read More »

Case Against Japan Whaling at The Hague …

  • June 26th, 2013
  • Posted by EU Australia

Whale watching  finAustralia and New Zealand have begun their case against Japanese whaling, at the International Court of Justice in The Hague, 26.6.13. … Read More »

Berlusconi: Gaol Sentence in Ruby Case …

  • June 25th, 2013
  • Posted by EU Australia

Berlusconi  TWO 2001 EC ruby-rubacuori              The former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, (picture) 76, sentenced to seven years gaol on sex charges, 24.6.13, is digging in for a long appeals process. … Read More »

Soldier’s Death in Afghanistan

  • June 23rd, 2013
  • Posted by EU Australia

Yungaburra ceremonyA team commander with the Australian commandos in Afghanistan – Corporal Cameron Stewart Baird– has been killed in fighting in the South of the country; with two others wounded.

 The action coincided with a service in Australia to open a memorial to soldiers lost in the Afghan conflict.   … Read More »

Central Europe Floods

  • June 14th, 2013
  • Posted by EU Australia

floods eu 2013Unseasonal heavy rain has brought floods to central Europe over a fortnight, rolling along the river systems through Northern and eastern Germany, Poland, the Czech republic, Slovakia, Austria and Hungary. … Read More »

Greek Public TV Shut Down

  • June 14th, 2013
  • Posted by EU Australia

Blank screenThe Greek government this week shut down its national broadcaster ERT, the Prime Minister, Antonis Samaras, saying the move was in step with steep austerity measures across the board.
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Turkey Police Action: New Problems for EU Bid?

  • June 14th, 2013
  • Posted by EU Australia

 

Turkey protest 2013 Protests in Turkey snowballed after demonstrators occupied a city square destined for redevelopment, including a shopping area; put down after nearly a fortnight by heavy police action.

Talks in Brussels over the country’s long struggle to get into the European Union were again on the back-burner. … Read More »